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Sunday, 10 May 2015

Goodbye Bangalore!

I recently discovered that procrastination is a by-product of writer's block. Ever since I left Bangalore, I have been procrastinating a lot when it comes to writing, which, I realize, is not at all fair. Now, after a gap close to two months, I'm here to write about my 'stay' at Bangalore.

Earlier, I would have written an article Bang Bang Bangalore in my blog stating every negative aspect of the city. If you ask me whether I have changed my perception about Bangalore, my answer would be 'No'. I still hate Bangalore as much I used to hate it before - reason(s): air pollution, cost of living & traffic. This article from DNA India states that Bangalore is ranked as the second most polluted city in India, next to Delhi. It's obvious for Bangalore to be listed in top 5 most polluted cities, because the population of the city has grown from 80 lakh to 1 crore just in a span of 4 years, which means lot of people have migrated to this 'almost congested' city making it 'extremely congested' (and, I was one among them). Migration of people leads to increase in utilization of resources, which in turn leads to exhaustion of the same. For instance, the area where I stayed was dumped with several multi-storeyed apartments (most of them were paying guest accommodation) and I witnessed the electrical transformer going rogue everyday (poor thing couldn't handle the load).

Now that I am out of Bangalore, I don't wish to dig deeper into its cons. In this post, I'll be listing out the things that relished my stay.

Interstellar in IMAX

Watching Christopher Nolan's movie in the first few days of its release that too on an IMAX screen isn't an easy task. I would say that I was lucky enough to be a part of those audience who had the chance to experience the visual extravaganza on IMAX screen on the second day of its release. Watching Interstellar on IMAX screen was the most relishing experience I had during my stay at Bangalore.

Now, this might sound interesting. I watched the same movie in the World's second largest IMAX screen (at Hyderabad) by paying just Rs. 250 (per ticket). How ironic! That's why I hate Bangalore.

Dexter (Season 1 to Season 8)

The only thing that kept me occupied during the last two months of my stay was 'Dexter'. I began to watch this series from February second week and completed all the seasons in just 28 days (total 96 episodes, each episode lasted close to 55 minutes). Dexter was not only America's but also my all time favorite serial killer. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Season 4 (it was John Lithgow vs Michael C Hall, and both of them won Golden Globe for the Best Performance category). It was one hell of a series and I would recommend this to everyone who haven't watched this yet. Also, this is best for starters who aren't used to watching TV series (like me).

9 comments:

Good that you have some nice memories to share about Bangalore.. The three things you relish connects with me too. Interstellar was awesome.. Watched it twice. I started watching Dexter during my stay in bangalore but I completed only 3 seasons.. suddenly I felt I needed a break from killing sessions. :P And my road trip to Nandi Hills.. It was a lovely early morning drive and we enjoyed a lot. :)

Even I watched Interstellar twice at Bangalore (second time was at PVR Market City). I wonder how you managed to take a break from DEXTER! I watched season 3, 4 and 5 at one go. Do resume it and complete the series.